A Waiting an Answer

From a far I love you. The distance make me dread that you are so far.
When you come to me, flames if fury rage into my soul.
Nothing is there but the anger I have for you.
But there is not one flame but two. The second coming from you.
Is this life we should share.
To love from a far, then to love and hold each other near.
What love is this?
I want you,but can't have you.
I need you, but only from a far.
I lay awake thinking to let you go or to stay.
Thinking an answer will come one day.
Still waiting...

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Editor’s Note

The number one question our editors receive is—what do the editors and judges look for when judging the contest? The number one answer we give is creativity. Unlike prose, writing composed in everyday language, poetry is considered a creative art and requires a different type of effort and a certain level of depth. Of the thousands of poems entered in each contest, the ones that catch our judges’ eyes are the ones that remove us, even just slightly, from the scope of everyday life by using language that is interesting, specific, vivid, obscure, compelling, figurative, and so on. Oftentimes, poems are pulled aside for a second look based simply on certain words that intrigued the reader. So first and foremost, be sure your poetry is written using creative language. Take general ideas and make them personal. In his infamous book De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”